Land Securities Group (LAND) Competitors

Land Securities Group (LON:LAND) and Taylor Wimpey (LON:TW) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Is LAND or TW a better dividend stock?

Land Securities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Taylor Wimpey pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Land Securities Group pays out -92.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Taylor Wimpey pays out 145.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend LAND or TW?

Land Securities Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 677.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.42%. Taylor Wimpey has a consensus price target of GBX 166.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.71%. Given Taylor Wimpey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Taylor Wimpey is more favorable than Land Securities Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Land Securities Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Taylor Wimpey	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk & volatility, LAND or TW?

Land Securities Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Wimpey has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LAND or TW more profitable?

Taylor Wimpey has a net margin of 7.25% compared to Land Securities Group's net margin of -38.71%. Taylor Wimpey's return on equity of 5.50% beat Land Securities Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Land Securities Group	-38.71%	-4.88%	2.40%
Taylor Wimpey	7.25%	5.50%	4.08%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LAND or TW?

Taylor Wimpey received 821 more outperform votes than Land Securities Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.26% of users gave Taylor Wimpey an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave Land Securities Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Land Securities Group	Outperform Votes 627 62.76%	Underperform Votes 372 37.24%
Taylor Wimpey	Outperform Votes 1448 79.26%	Underperform Votes 379 20.74%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LAND or TW?

Taylor Wimpey has higher revenue and earnings than Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Wimpey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Land Securities Group	£823.49M	5.37	-£318.80M	-£43.12	-13.86
Taylor Wimpey	£3.45B	1.23	£250.27M	£6.85	17.28

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LAND or TW?

71.5% of Land Securities Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.7% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Land Securities Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Taylor Wimpey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor LAND or TW?

In the previous week, Taylor Wimpey had 5 more articles in the media than Land Securities Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Taylor Wimpey and 1 mentions for Land Securities Group. Land Securities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Taylor Wimpey's score of 0.11 indicating that Land Securities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Land Securities Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Taylor Wimpey	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Taylor Wimpey beats Land Securities Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.